April 15, 2025A half hour NE of Potlatch, Idaho is a mountainous area, its prominent feature being Gold Hill, elev. 4646 ft.…
April 4, 2025Here is a teaser on my upcoming Audible book based on After the Wagon Wheels, Vo. 2, collected stories from…
March 21, 2025In May of 1877 Cyrus Locey was in Baker City, Oregon and wrote in his journal on the 29th, "...started…
February 13, 2025Oregon Trail - 1845 Christopher Peter Zumwalt was born 1827 in Cote Sans Dessein Township, Callaway, Missouri, a difficult birth…
December 22, 2024There may only be a whisper of the Illingworth family name in the Oregon Territory, but a closer examination reveals…
August 13, 2024Many of us who dabble in the history of the Pacific Northwest and the Oregon Trail are familiar with some…
July 31, 2024James Fisk standing on right with wife Lydia and daughter Dell, who traveled the Trail at age two in 1866.…
July 11, 2024As much as we enjoy sharing the stories and history of our families, we tend to skirt cautiously past the…
June 27, 2024Two Families, One Common Ancestor, Two Hundred Miles Apart tells the story of two Shields families, one in the Imnaha…
May 21, 2024Back in February I had posted the following to the Family Trails Genealogy Facebook group: History of Aldrich Mountain and…
May 2, 2024I was researching the Cant Family and the Scottish community around Dayville, which led me to Murdock Murchison, which led…
April 11, 2024Many of us are familiar with the hardships our ancestors endured while crossing the Oregon Trail. Similarly, we have learned…
